Lincoln, Maine · Election Day November 3, 2026

Bobbie Stormann

Candidate for Lincoln Town Council

A budget hawk who will not mistake essential services for unreasonable spending.

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  • Business owner and former Chamber of Commerce president
  • Cut waste and protect fire, police, and infrastructure
  • Decisions made in the open, with the numbers on the table
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The Platform

Fiscal discipline with judgment

This is not a choice between cutting and spending. It is a choice about judgment. Every plank below traces to something Bobbie has already said in public.

01

Honest budget, no games with the process

The budget must go through a real public hearing before it is voted on, and voters must see the numbers they are being asked to pay.

“I’m concerned that the block of four will vote to pass Councilor Ireland’s budget… will the residents of Lincoln have another chance to speak at a public hearing or is this it?” Bobbie Stormann, public budget hearing, June 15, 2026

The “block of four” are the council members who voted together on the cuts: David Ireland, Sheldon Hanington, Lee Rand, and Eric Rojo.

02

Protect essential services

Fire, EMS, police, and infrastructure are needs, not wants. Cutting them to look frugal costs the town more in the long run.

“We don’t want a budget which guts infrastructure and makes little difference in the mill rate.” Bobbie Stormann, public budget hearing, June 15, 2026
03

Economic growth, not just cuts

Grow the tax base through tourism, small business, and the mill site, so the town is not forced to choose between cuts and services.

“Festivals draw crowds and revenue; Homecoming doesn’t draw people from away.” Bobbie Stormann, Town Council meeting, December 8, 2025
04

Accountability and transparency

Decisions should be made in public, with the numbers on the table.

“My concern is this inexperienced council is making decisions which are costing our town money and talent.” Bobbie Stormann, public budget hearing, June 15, 2026

The Choice

Judgment, not just cutting

Both candidates have been discipline-minded. The difference is judgment. Bobbie cuts waste and funds what Lincoln needs. Lee Rand’s record cuts needed services and the town’s capacity.

Bobbie Stormann

Cuts waste. Funds what works.

  • Warned the budget was being pushed through without a real public say. The Council had to undo the June 22 vote and hold two more hearings.
  • Called for protecting fire, EMS, police, and infrastructure before the worst of the cuts.
  • Argues the town’s economy and its services are connected, not competing.
  • Asks for decisions made in the open, with the numbers on the table.

Lee Rand’s record

Cuts that hit needed services.

  • NO Fire-truck reserve, April 13, 2026
  • NO Mill-site cleanup loan ($200k at 1.5%), December 8, 2025
  • NO Public-works machinery repair, December 8, 2025
  • NO Fire union contract settlement, November 24, 2025
  • NO Farmers’ market wine and spirits permit, March 9, 2026
  • YES Firing the Town Manager mid-budget, May 4, 2026

For balance: Rand also voted YES on zero-based budgeting (January 12, 2026) and fuel-use transparency (February 9, 2026). The point is not that he spends too much; it is that his cutting is indiscriminate, and on these votes he cut needed services.

Residents petitioned to recall four council members over the service cuts and chaotic meetings. That recall effort did not collect enough signatures and was unsuccessful.

The Record

Don’t take our word for it.

Bobbie’s words, from the town’s own recordings of the budget hearings. Listen for yourself, then ask whether the Council listened.

Budget Public Hearing, June 15, 2026

“I’m concerned that the block of four will vote to pass Councilor Ireland’s budget… will the residents of Lincoln have another chance to speak at a public hearing or is this it?”

She called it before it happened. The Council voted the June 22 budget without that public say, then had to undo it and hold two more hearings.

Excerpt from the town’s recording of the June 15, 2026 budget public hearing.

Budget Public Hearing, July 6, 2026

“Did you violate the town charter by giving a budget hearing to the voters and then in the last minute, switched it out for a budget that was different? Did that violate the town charter?”

The Council later acknowledged, in writing, that the public had not had proper notice under Charter Section 602. Then it held two more hearings.

Excerpt from the town’s recording of the July 6, 2026 budget public hearing.

Transcripts are lightly cleaned where the recording is hard to hear; the audio is unedited.

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About Bobbie

A business owner who shows up for Lincoln

Bobbie was born and raised in Lincoln. After graduating from Mattanawcook Academy, she attended the University of Maine with her husband, Matthew. With a BS in Business Administration, she worked for many years in sales in New Hampshire. While raising her two boys, she earned a Master’s in Education from the University of New Hampshire and taught elementary education for seven years. She also formed a nonprofit, The Autism Education Fund, which provided autism education for teachers and for law enforcement and first responders.

After returning to Maine to help her father through his cancer journey, Bobbie and her husband started an online CBD products company. That business grew into a recreational cannabis retail store in Lincoln. She is an industry advocate who helped shape legislation to ease unneeded mandates, and she has spoken before legislative committees.

Bobbie has always believed in volunteering to make her community better. She was President of the Lincoln Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce in 2024 and 2025, volunteered at the Loon Festival, raised more than $1,800 for the Penobscot Valley Humane Society, and helped organize a food drive. She recently signed up to volunteer at House in the Woods; her son Jacob is in the Army.

Bobbie has always believed in working hard to make a difference in her community. If elected on November 3, she will bring her drive, dedication, and reasonable judgment to every vote before the Lincoln Town Council.

Cameras & Transparency

Support our police. Ask the questions.

This is not a criticism of our officers. Bobbie wants the department to have the tools it needs. Her questions are about cost, consent, and Council oversight: the decisions that spend taxpayer money.

Lincoln’s own police department announced a $565,000 license-plate-reader program. The public was never asked, the Council never voted, and the department’s own policy promises annual public reports on the program. Bobbie will make sure the town keeps that promise.

Lincoln’s police department announced it itself. In its January 2026 monthly report, the department said:

“We are pleased to announce that the Lincoln Police Department has been awarded Congressional funding in the amount of $565,000 to enhance public safety through the use of License Plate Reader (LPR) technology.” Lincoln Police Department, January 2026 Monthly Report (public)

The award covers fixed readers around town, mobile readers in patrol vehicles, and LPR-equipped traffic trailers. It also covers hardware, licensing, and the first five years of operation, with no local taxpayer burden. That is a significant public investment.

Yet the town has never shown the public the vendor or the contract, the Town Council was never asked to vote on it, and the public was never asked at all. The department’s own public grant ledger still lists the $565,000 as “Approved, pending next step” with the amount-used column left blank.

The policy itself is careful. It treats the data as confidential, limits how it can be used, and caps most data at 21 days. That shows a department trying to do this the right way. It also promises the public annual updates on how the system is used: the number of hits, investigations, and data-sharing partnerships. Voters should hold the town to that promise and ask when the first report will be published.

So the honest questions are simple:

  • Who decided Lincoln would run license plate readers?
  • What did the public get to vote on? (Nothing.)
  • Where is the contract, and when will the town publish the first annual transparency report the department’s own policy promises?

Those answers should come from the people we elect, in the open, with the numbers on the table. This is not a knock on the officers or the Chief. It is a question of process.

Bobbie filed a Freedom of Access request with the town on September 10, 2026 to get those facts. She will share what comes back.

Sources: Lincoln Police Department public documents: January 2026 monthly report, grants ledger, and policy O-68.

“I want our police to have the tools they need, and I am not going to second-guess an officer doing the job. My question is a simpler one: this is taxpayer money, and it is a significant purchase, and the voters were never told the price or the vendor before it was put in place. That is not a criticism of the Chief. It is a question of process.” Bobbie Stormann, campaign statement on the License Plate Reader program (O-68)

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